Stroke Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, monitoring, medicines to lower the chance of another stroke, and early rehabilitation planning.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $10,816Cash pay $8,977 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $12,744 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $17,420Cash pay $11,323 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $17,420Cash pay $11,323 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $17,420Cash pay $11,323 - 6
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $18,061Cash pay $14,449 - 7
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $19,242Cash pay $14,431 - 8
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $22,509Cash pay $9,004 - 9
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $29,192Medicare pays (avg) $3,433 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $32,006Cash pay $20,804 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $36,220Cash pay $14,488 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363Medicare pays (avg) $3,243 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363Medicare pays (avg) $3,335 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363Medicare pays (avg) $2,937 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363Medicare pays (avg) $2,815 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $44,484Cash pay $33,363 - 19
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $44,705Cash pay $26,823 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $58,990Cash pay $23,596 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,407 - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,095 - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 48
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,816 to $58,990. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $32,407.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists stroke at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent stroke admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Kentucky hospitals missing from the list either don't perform stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 066 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.